“Yes, I could throw my weight around and say, ‘You must get to this person who called me now,’ and have all the crews leave where they are and go do that but that would be incredibly inefficient having them chasing the councillor's phone calls.”

Pincott says that specific stretch is one that the city is trying to get to.

“Sidewalks end up being a lower priority than getting roads cleared. And, as you know, every single available person is out working on the roads.”

City council will be briefed Monday about snow clearing progress.

Patience needed, says city

The city is asking Calgarians to be patient.

Sean Somers, with the city transportation department, says they are still receiving a record number of calls asking about snow clearance but crews are doing as much as they can, as quickly as they can.

"If you drive into the downtown core, what's close to home for us is City Hall. It's curb-to-curb bare pavement and the roads are dry. Folks cannot expect that same level of service in the residential communities."

Somers says the city estimates it will have spent $12 million on roads in January alone.

The city's entire budget for 2014 is $34 million.

He says the city still has work to do in another 20 communities and crews hope to get the remainder done this weekend.

Calgary commuters have called a sidewalk leading up to the Southland LRT station an "obstacle course." (Elizabeth Snaddon/CBC)